Trichostrongylus colubriformis (a Nematode Parasite of Sheep and Other Ruminants) as a Test Organism in Screening for Sheep Anthelmintics in the Laboratory

• DOI: 10.1038/2031399a0
• Publication Date: 2006-07-05T21:50:54Z
• Authors: G. A. H. WILLIAMS; B. H. PALMER
• Keywords: Anthelmintics; Pharmacology; Sheep; Trichostrongylus; Research; Guinea Pigs; Sheep Diseases; Rodentia; Ruminants; Trichostrongyloidiasis; 3. Good health; Bephenium Compounds; Mice; Phenothiazines; Thiabendazole; Animals; Parasites

THE development of anthelmintic screening tests has been guided by the need for a laboratory model of the host–parasite system for which new anthelmintics are being sought. Up to the present time, use has been made of nematodes naturally parasitic in rats and/or mice.